I had an NTFS formatted external USB2 drive which I have been trying to format as a MAC OS Extended (journaled) drive to use with my iMac. After partitoning it with disk utility using the MAC OS Extended partition scheme the drive will not mount and attempting to run first aid on it results in an unspecific error message.
I even went as far as zeroing the drive to see if it would mount. No go. If I format it (using disk utitlity) as a FAT32 drive the drive mounts without a problem. The drive also mounts without a problem on a PC.
I'd appreciate if someone could explain why formatting the drive with as a MAC OS Extended partition makes the drive unmountable and if there is a fix for it.
Thanks
I even went as far as zeroing the drive to see if it would mount. No go. If I format it (using disk utitlity) as a FAT32 drive the drive mounts without a problem. The drive also mounts without a problem on a PC.
I'd appreciate if someone could explain why formatting the drive with as a MAC OS Extended partition makes the drive unmountable and if there is a fix for it.
Thanks